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Contracts · MBE-tested
United States v. Louisiana
351 U.S. 946·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 15,
Original.
United States v. Louisiana.
Attorney General Brownell, Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Rankin, Oscar H. Davis and John F. Davis for the United States.
[MAJORITY]
The State of Louisiana is given until June 4, 1956, to reply to the motion of the United States for an injunction. In the meantime, the parties are invited to express their views as to maintenance of the status quo pending final disposition of the cause here.
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